Gigi Salmon

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Gigi Salmon
NationalityBritish
Education Oxford Brookes University
Occupation(s)Journalist and presenter
Years active1997–
Employer(s) Talksport
BBC Radio 5 Live
Sky Sports

Gigi Salmon is a British sports journalist, presenter and commentator, with specialism in tennis.

Career

A graduate of Oxford Brookes University, Salmon began her career at Radio Oxygen in September 1997. From there she worked as a newsreader and journalist on Talksport before presenting for Chelsea F.C. on Chelsea TV. [1]

Salmon has presented and commentated on tennis for the All England Club's radio station Radio Wimbledon and for the BBC Radio 5 Live , [2] [3] with experience of commentating on tournaments across the world such as the Wimbledon Championships, [4] the US Open, [5] the French Open, [6] and Australian Open. [7] In 2023 she was announced as the new lead presenter of tennis for Sky Sports . [8] [9]

She presents the TENNISH podcast alongside British former professional tennis player Naomi Cavaday. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Hassan, Beril Naz (1 July 2023). "Who is Gigi Salmon? Sports broadcaster presenting at Wimbledon". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ McCrum, Kirstie (2 July 2014). "OPINIONIt's time 'radio bloke' tuned into more women who talk sport". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gigi Salmon's commentary tips". bbc.co.uk. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wimbledon presenters on BBC TV and radio: Meet the pundits and commentators". Radio Times. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Lyall, Sarah (September 8, 2017). "'Youzhny Lobs! Federer's Underneath!' Challenge of Tennis on Radio". New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "REPLAY: LIVE AT RG". Roland Garros.com. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Australian Open 5 Live Sport 5 Live Tennis". bbc.co.uk. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "US Open 2023: Sky Sports announce all-star line-up for final Grand Slam of the year". Sky Sports. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Gray, James (29 June 2023). "Sky Sports US Open commentators: Full line-up from Laura Robson to Tim Henman as tennis returns to network". iNews. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "TENNISH podcast". Spotify. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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